We'll have our cake and eat it too!!!

[bobblehead]

I'm pretty much on the trade him bandwagon. If there wasn't a deep deep feeling in the pit of my stomach that makes me think BF was trying to "stick it" to TT by retiring I might feel different.

Favre has not wanted to do OTA and minicamps since Holmgren left. I just have to wonder if this was his way around it.

In any event we will now find out just how confident MM and TT are in rogers. If they think he is the real deal I see favre traded, if not, welcome back.

[MJZiggy]

I wonder if anyone's thought of the idea that if he were to come back and get traded, he'd have to learn a new offense in something like 2 weeks before the first preseason game started because he won't have minicamps or OTAs to work the kinks out...

[The Shadow]

i think its time to chime in on the BF drama finally

first off, who says it would just be for one year? many threads assume that. we would be fine for this year but screwed after that. who says #4 wouldn't play for a few more years. the guy just tried the retirement that he's been toying with for years, and it sure seems like he doesn't enjoy it much. maybe he's learned his leasson and he'll play untill we have to cart him off the field in a hearse?

i can't believe all the BF hate i see on here all of a sudden. two months ago most everyone on here thought we were screwed with brett leaving. now a-rod has a few good ota's and everyone is on board with him and have turned their backs on the guy who might had a MVP quality season last year.

i read a lot about favre missing "all of the off season" up until this point. give me a break. he missed a handfull of OTA's. OTA's that he usually skips anyways. now if he were to miss training camp, thats a different issue.

they have not redesigned their whole offense to suit a-rod in the course of a few OTA's. thats what training camp is for. if a new type of system was started then it sure as hell hasn't been perfected yet

i have full faith in a-rod being able to lead this team and do it very well. but if #4 decides he made a mistake then i say welcome him but with open arms. things like TT not being willing to return a favre text message only adds fuel to the fire that TT has wanted favre gone for a while now and has been pushing him towards the door

Right on! TT is risking alot by pushing Favre away. The man doesn't seem to care if he's liked or not, but he's never witnessed anything like this in his life if he doesn't take Brett back. I'd hate to be in TT's shoes. He's got 2 options...tell ARod he's not the QB or tell Brett he's not the QB. I would choose the obvious. Welcome home, Brett.

Exactly!! And that is why he has been so successful. Would you really want a windsock GM who consulted the fans and the polls on every decision regarding the team's welfare?
If so, I suggest John Kerry as the next GM.

[texaspackerbacker]

A trade wouldn't be too bad--assuming there is any truth to the unretirement rumors at all, and assuming we got something decent enough for him--maybe a minimum of a 2nd round pick.

I wouldn't even mind seeing a trade to the Vikings or the Bears--although I very much doubt it would ever happen. If Favre intends to make an 80% of last year effort at preparation, as he has supposedly stated, then it is very unlikely that Favre would be much of an asset to whoever he might end up playing for.

I'm surprised there has been so little comment about his high level of effort last year, correlated with great performance, following a supposed lesser effort at preparation and pretty rotten performance in '06.